Name: Superfly Expanded Edition
Brand: Curtis Mayfield

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

AROGR167

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Colour

black

Colour details

Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-16

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Rough Trade NYC

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

081227881511

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2 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Curtis Mayfield

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

Label GB

Run Out Groove Vinyl

Superfly (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) 50th Anniversary Deluxe Vinyl Edition and expanded to a 180-gram 2LP set, featuring a second LP of bonus tracks. Original album lacquers cut directly from the master analogue tapes. One of the best and most influential soundtracks in music history! Limited and foil-stamped numbered

Curtis Mayfield released his third studio album Superfly in July 1972, the soundtrack for the Blaxplotation film of the same name. Widely considered a classic of 1970s soul and funk music, Superfly was a nearly immediate hit. Its sales were bolstered by two million-selling singles, "Freddie's Dead" (No. 2 R&amp;B charts, No. 4 Pop charts) and the title track (No. 5 R&amp;B, No. 8 Pop). Superfly is one of the few soundtracks to out-gross the film it accompanied. Along with Marvin Gaye's What's Going On (1971), was one of the pioneering soul concept albums, with its then-unique socially aware lyrics about poverty and drug abuse making the album stand out.

The film and the soundtrack may be perceived as dissonant, since the film holds rather ambiguous views on drug dealers, whereas Curtis Mayfield's position is far more critical. Like What's Going On, the album was a surprise hit that record executives felt had little chance at significant sales. Due to its success, Mayfield was tapped for several film soundtracks over the course of the decade. In 2019, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" This 2LP 50th anniversary edition expands the album with a bonus disc of demos and also includes a movie poster, new liner notes, never before seen photos and a custom turntable mat exclusive to this limited release.

Superfly Expanded Edition

Music GB